Snapshots of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.

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Snapshots of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.

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Exterior snapshot views of the exposition taken by an amateur photographer. Included are views of the White City, the Midway Plaisance, and various foreign pavilions.

28 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 9 x 9 cm.

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...